The first UIAA Rock Climbers’ Award at a rock climbing festival was held in the scenic Umgeni Valley in KwaZulu - Natal, South Africa in June 2015.
The event in KwaZulu – Natal which was organized by the Southern Climbing Centre with support from UIAA member federation, the Mountain Club of South...

Valley Uprising, an American film that traces the recent history of climbing in the Yosemite Valley through interviews with living legends is the winner of the UIAA Award for Best Climbing Film at the Trento Film Festival.
The winning film for the UIAA Award which included a cash prize...

An alpine hut run by the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) in Asulkan Valley, Rogers Pass, Glacier National Park
The Alpine Club of Canada operates the largest network of backcountry huts in North America.
Access to these family-friendly huts in alpine meadows, backcountry powder paradises and remote climbers’ refuges...

The reconstruction of earthquake devastated Nepal will take a long time
Ang Tshering Sherpa of the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) sent the UIAA an update over the weekend which provides a complete list of missing, wounded and dead foreigners in Nepal.
Update on foreigners: This list tells you...

The UIAA Award for the best climbing film of 2014-2015 will be announced on 9 April 2015
The countdown has begun for the Trento Film Festival.
The big moment is on 9 May 2015 when UIAA Executive Board member Pier Giorgio Oliveti will announce the first winner...

Nenad Dikic, President of the Anti Doping Commission was a featured speaker at the SportAccord conference in Sochi, Russia (Photo: UIAA)
The UIAA was present at the SportAccord Convention in Sochi, Russia earlier this month with the goal of promoting the federation and its ice climbing...

2015 UIAA World Championship in Rabenstein, Italy from UIAA - Climbing & Mountaineering on Vimeo.
The UIAA Ice Climbing Commission met recently in Seoul Korea for its annual meeting.
A key decision made at the meeting hosted by the Korean Alpine Federation was approval of a motion to make the UIAA...

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